Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
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| Description | Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Vim has a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 CWE-20 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-02-28T00:15:36.679Z
Reserved: 2026-02-27T15:54:05.136Z
Link: CVE-2026-28421
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-27T22:16:25.493
Modified: 2026-02-27T22:16:25.493
Link: CVE-2026-28421
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